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CPT® 60220, Under Excision Procedures on the Thyroid Gland

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 60220 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Thyroid Gland.

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This is a procedure involving complete surgical removal of one of the two lobes the thyroid gland is divided into. The provider may perform the procedure with or without surgical removal of the isthmus, the tissue connecting the two lobes of the thyroid gland in the middle.

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60220 vs 60260
patient has previous total right thyroid lobectomy - patient has multinodular goiter in remaining lobe comes back to have left lobe removed- is this coded as 60220 LT Left lobectomy or 60260 LT c... [ Read More ]
Total Thyroidectomy with only 1 lymph node removed
I have found numerous resources about this and from what I'm reading, I think this would be a 60220 since only one thyroid was removed. This is because your thyroid is considered one structure, but tw... [ Read More ]
CPT for Reanastomosis of LT recurrent laryngeal nerve
[QUOTE="kmartinez, post: 449141, member: 392416"] I would appreciate any help regarding the CPT for Reanastomosis of LT recurrent laryngeal nerve as I can not find anything for it. Doctor performed 1... [ Read More ]
Unilateral thyroid lobectomy with central neck dissection
ENT coders - any ideas with documentation here would be greatly appreciated. Surgeon removes left thyroid lobe with isthmus AND does a central neck dissection. If it was a total (both lobes) thyroide... [ Read More ]
Parathyroidectomy Exploration/Thyroidectomy
Yes, according to CPT Assistant, December 2012, "[I]if the thyroid lobectomy was performed for an independent diagnosis, then code 60220 would also be reported with modifier 59, Distinct Procedural Se... [ Read More ]
Parathyroidectomy Exploration/Thyroidectomy
[ATTACH type="full"]5203[/ATTACH] Dr spent an hour exploring the left side and could not locate the left parathyroid adenoma that had been seen on imaging, CPT 60500. The patient also had a known rig... [ Read More ]
thyroid lobectomy with substernal component
Per CPT assist, you use 60220-22 for a substernal lobectomy... [ Read More ]
60271, Thyroidectomy, substernal component, only left lobe removed.
Our physician performed a cervical approach LT hemithyroidectomy with substernal component, but did not remove the right lobe. Does 60271 only apply to a TOTAL Thyroidectomy? What are coders doing in ... [ Read More ]
60500 and 60240 Bundles
From CPT assistant: When a thyroidectomy is performed for malignancy, the parathyroid glands may also be removed, and because this would be considered incidental, the parathyroidectomy (60500) would n... [ Read More ]
60220-rt & 60500-59? Tia
[b]Ccs-p, cgsc[/b] Yes..it is good to use the Rt/Lt modifiers on the 60220 because if they have to go back in soon after and do the other side..it clarifies and paints a picture for the payer to bett... [ Read More ]
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